*Music Industry Insight
On this week’s show we discuss the battle between music publishers and Spotify over it’s plans to reclassify its subscriptions as bundles of music, audiobooks and podcasts, and commercial media…
US collecting society the MLC is suing Spotify over its sneaky audiobook bundling trick, while activist songwriter George Johnson has filed a formal complaint with the US Copyright Royalty Board…
APPOINTMENTS 💡 Sony Music Publishing has promoted Nasra Artan to the new position of Head Of International A&R. “I am excited to be stepping into this new role at SMP”,…
terrible* is seeking a contract Finance Assistant/Bookkeeper to work mainly from their London office, on a four-day working pattern (Tues-Thurs), starting ASAP. terrible* is a full-service music merchandise company and…
The Great Escape has just got underway in Brighton, with numerous artists playing shows in venues around the city. Here we’ve pulled together some of our top picks for artists…
Spain is taking centre stage as this year’s lead country partner at The Great Escape. Spearheaded by The Spanish Wave, a programme of events will comprise two artist showcases and…
The producer suing Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs over allegations of sexual harassment and assault, Rodney ‘Lil Rod’ Jones, has removed Universal Music and its CEO Lucian Grainge as defendants on his…
The campaign against Spotify’s sneaky audiobook bundling plans in the US is gaining momentum, with the boss of the National Music Publishers Association declaring “it’s time to fight again”, and…
DEALS 🇨🇳 Chinese streaming service NetEase Cloud Music has signed a licensing agreement with South Korean entertainment company Kakao to distribute its music in China. “We are excited to partner…
Just minutes ago, the entire staff of Utopia Music AG – recently renamed as Proper Group AG – gathered in a all-hands ‘townhall’ to be told that the Switzerland-based company…